Please read Genesis 11.
Meditate on this phrase from verse 4.
Let us make for ourselves a name.
Moses
recorded God’s Words in Genesis in a distinct pattern. In Genesis, God listed
five genealogies starting with the genealogy of the earth (Genesis 1). Immediately
following each genealogy, God gave a closer look at one part of the genealogy.
For example, Genesis 2 is a closer look at how God created man.
God followed
His pattern in Genesis 10-11. Genesis 10 is the genealogy of the nations of the
world beginning with Noah’s three sons. Genesis 11 gives you a closer picture
of Nimrod and his city, Babel, which were part of the genealogy in Genesis 10.
Nimrod’s
rebellion before God continued in Genesis 11. The people in Nimrod’s city of
Babel decided to make a name for themselves by building a city with a tower
that reached into heaven. As they were saying, “Let us ... let us ... let us
...,” the LORD said, “Let Us go down there and confuse their language, so that
they will not understand one another’s speech” (Genesis 11:7).
God will not
tolerate rebellion! When you try to make a name for yourself, you are in
opposition to God, and He will come down into your business and confuse what
you are doing until you choose to let God’s name be glorified instead of your
own.
Pray for God
not to have to do Genesis 11:7 to you and those for whom you stand guard as a
faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).
“LORD,
Your name is above every name in heaven and earth!
As
_________ and I bow to You, I pray You do not have
to come
down and cause confusion in our lives.
In Your
name, Jesus~”
The WATCHMAN on
the WALL ~ Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell
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